The Latest: Death toll rises to 19 in Danube tour boat crash

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary's capital (all times local):

10:45 p.m.

Hungarian police say the death toll from the tour boat that capsized and sank last week after colliding in Budapest with a cruise ship has risen to 19.

Police said the bodies of a female South Korean tourist and one of the two Hungarian crewmen were recovered Thursday.

Eight South Koreans and the other crew member are still missing. Only seven tourists aboard the Hableany (Mermaid) are known to have survived the May 29 crash.

Efforts to lift the Hableany out of the water have been hindered by the Danube's high water level.

Also, Viking River Cruises, the owners of the Viking Sigyn cruise ship which collided with the Hableany, said its captain, who is under arrest in Budapest, was aboard another Viking ship when it collided in the Netherlands with a tanker earlier this year.

However, the firm said he was "not serving as the ship's captain at the time of the incident."

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5:30 p.m.

A Hungarian rescue official says divers are setting up harnesses and lifting points on the sunken tour boat in the Danube River so it can be raised by a massive floating crane.

Nandor Jasenszky said Thursday that preparations are expected to be concluded by Friday, but the crane will only be able to carry out its tasks when Danube water levels allow. After falling significantly in the first days of the week, the Danube rose several inches over the past 24 hours due to melting snow in its upper basin.

Sixteen of the 33 South Koreans aboard the sightseeing boat died after a collision with a larger cruise ship in Budapest on May 29. Twelve people are still missing, including the two-man Hungarian crew, and seven...